Dinner and Nostalgia

One of the reasons I love going out for an evening--aside from the adult conversation--is having our favorite sitter over to hang out with Sam. He adores her and so do we. She's a super smart Macalester student who speaks a handful of languages, majors in science of some kind, has travelled the world, and dances. She's also witty, kind, and knows how to speak to a toddler. After we see her, I talk for days about my own college days and the many exciting adventures and opportunities from that time. It's hard for me to believe that was almost twenty years ago. In many ways I still feel like my former, optimistic, naive self. And that's not all bad.